Romulus murder suspect's wife feared she'd be next

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Aug 3, 2013 at 4:32 PM

The Associated Press

WATERLOO | The wife of a central New York man accused of killing his son for insurance money says she left her husband because she feared she would be his next victim.Cindy Karlsen testified Friday at a pretrial hearing for Karl Karlsen. He is charged with murder and insurance fraud in the November 2008 death of his son Levi.Cindy Karlsen testified that she began to suspect in the summer of 2011 that her husband had killed his son by knocking a truck off a jack at their Romulus home.Karl Karlsen told sheriff's deputies he had returned from a family event and found the truck had toppled off a jack and trapped his son underneath.Investigators learned earlier this year about a life insurance policy taken out days before the death and arrested the father.Cindy Karlsen told a Seneca County judge on Friday she discovered that her husband had used some proceeds from Levi's life insurance settlement to buy a policy on her.Karl Karlsen pleaded not guilty in February to the charges and is expected go on trial Oct. 28.

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